Clay v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Frances Clay was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the death of her husband. She appeals on the general grounds, as well as enumerating other errors.

About 2:30 a.m., July 27,1980, the sheriffs office in Meriwether County received a call that a shooting had taken place. Deputy Sheriff Lamar Morgan went to appellant’s home and found her husband, Lamar Clay, lying on the floor by the bed in a pool of blood. He was dead as a result of a gunshot wound. Appellant was highly intoxicated, and was hysterical. She informed Morgan that she walked into the bedroom and…